Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: hsi!stpstn!aad@uunet.uu.net (Anthony A. Datri) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Roadrunner floppies Message-ID: <2806@stpstn.UUCP> Date: 14 Feb 89 21:52:58 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT Lines: 6 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: 6 Feb 89 19:34:08 GMT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 155, message 9 of 18 When I try to fdformat floppies, I get "error formatting floppy" after five dots, but it succeeds with fdformat -L. This happens with 3 different kinds of disks, all three of which format just fine with an IBM PS/2 1.44 M drive. Any comments? -- Anthony A. Datri @SysAdmin(Stepstone Corporation) aad@stepstone.com stpstn!aad